smithing question

[cowmaster187]

Question for you efficiency people

 

i have both the blacksmith torso and a varrock 4 plate. which would be best for smithing at the west varrock anvil? dose the occasional speed increase make up for the 1% bonus xp?

 

~~~legoman187~~~

[Auror]

Do a trial hour wth both, see what gives more xp/h, and use that one then

[Quyneax]

Well, you have to consider what you're smithing. If it's daggers or something, banking is much less important.

 

E.g. banking/overhead per run @ 9 seconds, smithing @ 2.4 seconds per item (without Varrock armour), plates are 21 or 23.4 seconds per run (depending on whether Scroll of Efficiency activates at least twice), daggers are 76.2 seconds per run. According to Grimy's spreadsheets, it's on average 3.7 ticks per item with Varrock armour, reducing the time per run to 20.1 or 22.32 seconds per run for plates (4.3% or 4.7% reduction respectively), and 71.16 seconds for daggers (6.6% reduction). So there is a breakoff somewhere for the ratio of smithing time:banking time. As it is, even if you smith one item per run, Varrock armour saves you an average of .3 ticks on a total of 19 per run, which is better than the 1% from a Blacksmith torso.

[cowmaster187]

I knew Q would have the answer thanks

 

~~~legoman187~~~

[hlpmee]

or you could suggest Jagex combine these two pieces. like golden mining outfit also have varrock platebody effect.